About to dive into replacing the placed ALiVE IEDs with ACE3 ones when the server spawns them. Has anyone else attempted this before?

Without looking at the responsible code I figured as much. I'll take a stab at it once the dust settles on the linux plugin testing.

After some playing this weekend with the IEDs, I should for starters say: well done. My feature request for ACE compatibility (when the mod is present), would be:

• Requiring the disarm kit ACE_DefusalKit
• Using this to detect explosives module disarm settings [player] call ACE_Explosives_fnc_canDefuse
• Calling the ACE disarm function to resolve possible detonation (chance is based on caller) [player, leBomb] call ACE_Explosives_fnc_StartDefuse;

Answers inline:

ok, so you want to be able to define separate devices for detection and disarm?

Yes plz. The following answers explain why.

Do you want us to check to see if the player can defuse? Or do you want us to just check for ACE_DefusalKit?

Hoping we can test for both conditions, there's actually a decent reason for this. The disarming stuff is configured by module in ACE. This lets groups decide their rulesets. For instance: in our group anyone can disarm, but certain unit types (engineer/demo) are less likely to suffer a catastrophic failure. In another group they might set it to all units able to disarm. By testing for both, it would be compatible regardless of how the mission was configured for disarm settings.

So ability to call the ACE defuse script instead of our disarm script? all the time? or randomly? What does that script do?

All the time if present. The module decides ability to disarm, and chance of failure if possible. It throws up the standard ACE interaction timer, you hold your breathe and hope that nothing blows up, then it destroys the object (IED) in question. That interaction instead of the mouse-wheel menu is the strong driver here.

Their goal-state is to remove the need for mouse-wheel menu actions, as a big fan of both mods I'd love to keep whining to keep them cleanly compatible.

I would love the IEDS to be diffused by A. An eod tech and B. Ace 3 difusal kit. Maybe options in the ied module like....
Who can diffuse? Everyone or eod tech.
% chance of explosion during diffuse.....
Everyone 55% etc.
EOD Tech 2%

Also if it's not to much work :) IEDS that don't use the random buckets, tyres, scrap metal etc. Custom mounds of dirt sand or small rock piles with wires poking through (see EODS mods ieds).
Also last I checked ACE3 explosive charges did not det alive ieds. We had to bring vanilla ones that use the scroll wheel.

EODS ieds look like a roughed up piece of dirt,sand,rocks etc. When u approach if it you get an option to investigate/brush/ dig up etc to check if fake or real. If real the ied is exposed (bit like vanilla dug in) and then we diffuse.
Would love something like this in ALIVE :)

Hate to dredge up an old thread, but was this ever implemented? I run a high realism OIF/OEF style mission with ACE and RHS, and simply can't get IED'S to appear much at all. Tried the most intensive settings and still never really saw them.

@Tupolov If people are interested in compatibility with ACE3 IED, give us some more info and let us know what you specifically you are looking for.

Hi,
I'm building a Takistan scenario and I'm trying to make everything as realistic as possible. That means an EOD should have "a job" to do and will need knowledge and training to do his job. An integration of ACE in one way or the other is a must for me. If I can't get it to run with alive I might need to use another addon for IED placement. Still need my resources for the foundatioon of the map and it will take month until I have time to work on it myself though. If someone else would built it in, it would be great.

That's pretty much my entire wishlist as well.
I'm very close to adding the EOD mod to my mission, but adding another mechanic to a mission hurts bad.

Trigger men with cellphones would be amazing, along with more IED types and ACE interaction. Then the only thing missing would be the jammer backpacks EOD uses, but I wouldn't expect to see that in ALiVE (as nice as that would be)

I'm surprised Spyders addons haven't be added in already, they add so much to the game, and anyone not using them is really missing out. Also when you use Spyders interaction it doesn't give the option to possibly "reduce tension" by talking to elders etc.

I've been adding BIS minefield modules to my map lately along certain roads/choke points. If you make them fairly large but only populate them with a few mines then they're an ok way to start with random roadside explosives. But as AUTigerGrad says, it'd be nice to have a selection for number of IED's already in play when the mission starts.

The Alive IED Module can support placing at start or placing over time, selected by sync or nosync. How about giving it a button to do both?

@JD_Wang
Is your placing through the BIS minefields working properly with ACE mine detectors?

Yeah using the BIS minefields works perfectly. We use the 3CB mine detector, but I believe that's the same as the ACE one anyway

One odd thing is when I switch it over to third party in the IED module, the IEDs spawn perfectly but they dont go off, and I am unable to get the option to use the ace defusal kit on them/interact with them

Im using

APERSTripMine,APERSMine,ATMine

Ah perfect thanks! Also I was wondering which version is referenced for the EODs mod in that ALiVE guide? Theres tons of offshoot versions and older version floating about.

Thanks!